Example sentences of "but they do [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official statistics , therefore , can only be used as indicators , rather than accurate statements , but they do offer some guides to the occupational picture . |
| 2 | Babysitting circles are a good way of making sure you can get a babysitter when you want one , but they do involve some effort on your part — you 'll have to do babysitting in exchange ! |
| 3 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 4 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 5 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 6 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 7 | Two-stroke units for microlights develop more power from less weight and are generally cheaper to replace than their four- stroke equivalents , but they do demand careful attention . |
| 8 | But they do take little space . |
| 9 | Customers are n't aware of your global strategy but they do notice little details like a badly typed letter , or a receptionist who 's poorly dressed , or filthy ashtrays in the office , or torn packaging . |
| 10 | Training schemes do not guarantee a job , but they do provide necessary skills . ’ |
| 11 | These have little in common with one another , but they do illustrate particular facets of ( potential ) competitive market failure . |
| 12 | It should be recognised that the choice of open or closed-loop control makes no difference to the inherent torque producing capability of the motor , but they do allow this capability to be realised in different ways . |
| 13 | But they do have other pressures : to get a well-paid job , for instance . |
| 14 | Not only that but they do have different ways of achieving their maximum personal utility . |
| 15 | I think some stations might do that , but they only do it if , if it 's , if it 's not going to be detrimental to the turn out , in other words they , they have a system , erm for instance they have a duty crew over the weekend , so that at least some can take their families to the seaside if they wanted to , so six will remain around the house er er but they do have some system , but I think the majority of fire stations , there are twenty seven in Suffolk like that , who work on the system of getting there as quickly as they can , and that is the best competition to get there , to get the ride . |
| 16 | But they do have some disadvantages too . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , they can find themselves in very difficult circumstances , but they do have some means of claiming the dead person 's property . |
| 18 | It is very easy to take other people for granted and not to work on our relationships , but they do need continuous attention . |
| 19 | They did n't preach to her , but they did love each other . |
| 20 | The fee for performing at Yeovilton was not high but they did offer free fuel . |
| 21 | v. Ratcliffe the plaintiffs refused to admit coloured persons to their ballroom but they did allow coloured musicians to play in the orchestra . |
| 22 | Moreover , the vast majority of the peasantry were already semi-socialist : they were not yet persuaded of the need for collective farming , but they did reject private landownership and depended upon the labour of their own hands . |
| 23 | Taxes on wealth at death have declined in effectiveness , but they did have some impact ; just as important were crashes in land prices in the 1930s and liquidation of foreign investment to finance war . |
| 24 | Differences in wealth were not easily transmuted into self-conscious social distinctions , but they did require certain forms of expenditure . |
| 25 | The great industrial changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries did not alter the traditional family structure of previous generations , but they did provide economic opportunities for earlier marriages and thus for more children . |